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Originally Posted by cbarros
Oh, I did forget to mention that everytime the ATM is used, I get charged a foreign fee also. Amex charges the fee when I charged something too. They are all trying to figure out ways to make money off of us!
Maybe it is back to cash only!! 
But you always need something for an emergency . . . because if the cash is used up (too many costumes and hip scarves???) or stolen  . . then you need something that has been stored safely somewhere (hotel safe, whatever). |
Haha -- I have a funny story about the hotel safe at the Victoria. When I was in Cairo in 2000 on a summer fellowship to study Arabic, the program I was participating in gave me a stipend of 400 Egyptian pounds a month -- given in cash, all small bills. I was very excited, figuring I wouldn't have to be hunting for change all summer... but the wad was so large that I put it in an envelope and asked the hotel to put it in their safe. When I asked for my money back, it had been changed into four 100-pound notes! They made change from my money!